The Milgis Trust

Thanks for every ones comments on the cause of death in my previous post… The only unusual thing we found was that one of the Elephants was dragging a leg.. Every one is suggesting poison, poaching etc… But about 6 years ago we had possibly a similar thing where quite a few young elephants died of septicemia, it usually started with a swollen leg, and it was during the rainy season again.. Lets hope we can find the problem.

In the last month there has been an out break of tribal fighting between the Turkana and Samburu, and there has been a massive migration of people from the west of the the Milgis Trust base which is unfortunate.. There are quite a few guns with all these people so we have to be very vigilant.. If we hear shots we are immediately on the case… most of the time it is target practice..